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IPC (list of penal codes)

IPC (list of penal codes)
Introduction
1 – Title and extent of operation of the Code
2 – Punishment of offences committed within India
3 – Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within India
4 – Extension of Code to extraterritorial offences
5 – Certain laws not to be affected by this Act

28 – Counterfeit
29 – Document 29A – Electronic record
30 – Valuable security
31 – A Will
32 – Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
33 – Act Omission
34 – Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention
35 – When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
36 – Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
37 – Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
38 – Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences
39 – Voluntarily
40 – Offence
41 – Special law
42 – Local law
43 – Illegal, Legally bound to do
44 – Injury
45 – Life
46 – Death
47 – Animal
48 – Vessel
49 – Year, Month
50 – Section
51 – Oath
52 – Good faith, 52A – Harbour
Chapter III[edit]
Punishments
53 – Punishment, 53A – Construction of reference to transportation
54 – Commutation of sentence of death
55 – Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life, 55A – Definition of appropriate Government
56 – Omitted
57 – Fractions of terms of punishment
58 – Omitted
59 – Omitted
60 – Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
61 – Repealed
62 – Repealed
63 – Amount of fine
64 – Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
65 – Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable
66 – Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
67 – Imprisonment for non-payment of fine when offence punishable with fine only
68 – Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine
69 – Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine
70 – Fine levied within six years, during imprisonment. Death not to discharge property from liability
71 – Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
72 – Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
73 – Solitary confinement
74 – Limit of solitary confinement
75 – Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction
Chapter IV[edit]
General Exceptions
76 – Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
77 – Act of Judge when acting judicially
78 – Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court
79 – Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law
80 – Accident in doing a lawful act
81 – Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm
82 – Act of a child under seven years of age
83 – Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding
84 – Act of a person of unsound mind
85 – Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will
86 – Offence requiring a particular intent of knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated
87 – Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent
88 – Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person’s benefit
89 – Act done in good faith for benefit of child or insane person, by or by consent of guardian
90 – Consent known to be given under fear or misconception. Consent of Insane person. Consent of child
91 – Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused
92 – Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
93 – Communication made in good faith
94 – Act to which a person is compelled by threats
95 – Act causing slight harm
96 – Things done in private defence
97 – Right of private defence of the body and of property
98 – Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind, etc.
99 – Acts against which there is no right of private defence
100 – When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death
101 – When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
102 – Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body
103 – When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death
104 – When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
105 – Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property
106 – Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person
Chapter V[edit]
Abetment
107 – Abetment of a thing
108 – Abettor, 108A – Abetment in India of offences outside India
109 – Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment
110 – Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor
111 – Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done
112 – Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done
113 – Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor
114 – Abettor present when offence is committed
115 – Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life-if offence not committed
116 – Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment-if offence be not committed
117 – Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons
118 – Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
119 – Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent
120 – Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
Chapter V A[edit]
Criminal Conspiracy
120A – Definition of criminal conspiracy
120B – Punishment of criminal conspiracy
Chapter VI
Offences against the State
121 – Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India, 121A – Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121
122 – Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against the Government of India
123 – Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war
124 – Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power, 124A – Sedition
125 – Waging war against any Asiatic Power in alliance with the Government of India
126 – Committing depredation on territories of Power at peace with the Government of India
127 – Receiving Property taken by war on depredation mention in Sections 125 and 126
128 – Public servant voluntary allowing prisoner of State or war to escape
129 – Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
130 – Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner
Chapter VII
Offences relating to the Army, Navy and Air Force
131 – Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty
132 – Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof
133 – Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office
134 – Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed
135 – Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman
136 – Harbouring deserter
137 – Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master
138 – Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman, 138A Repealed
139 – Persons subject to certain Acts
140 – Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman
Chapter VIII
Offences against the Public Tranquillity
141 – Unlawful assembly
142 – Being member of unlawful assembly[1]
143 – Punishment for unlawful assembly
144 – Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon
145 – Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse
146 – Rioting
147 – Punishment for rioting
148 – Rioting, armed with deadly weapon
149 – Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
150 – Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly
151 – Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse
152 – Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
153 – Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed-if not committed, 153A – Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, 153AA – Punishment for knowingly carrying arms in any procession or organising, or holding or taking part in any mass drill or mass training with arms, 153B – Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration
154 – Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held
155 – Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed
156 – Liability of agent of owner of occupier for whose benefit riot is committed
157 – Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly
158 – Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot
159 – Affray
160 – Punishment for committing affray
Chapter IX
Offences by or relating to Public Servants
161-165A – Repealed
166 – Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
166A – Public servant diobeying direction under the law
166B – Punishment for non-treatment of victim
167 – Public servant farming an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
168 – Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
169 – Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
170 – Personating a public servant
171 – Wearing grab or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent
Chapter IX A
Offences Relating to Elections
171A – Candidate, Electoral Right: Defined
171B – Bribery
171C – Undue Influence at elections
171D – Personation at elections
171E – Punishment for bribery
171F – Punishment for Undue influence or personation at an election
171G – False statements in connection with an election
171H – Illegal payments in connection with an election
171I – Failure to keep election accounts
Chapter X
Contempts of Lawful Authority of Public Servants
172 – Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
173 – Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
174 – Non-attendance in obedience to an order form public servant, 174A – Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974
175 – Omission to produce to document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it –
176 – Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it
177 – Furnishing false information
178 – Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
179 – Refusing to answer public servant authorized to question
180 – Refusing to sign statement
181 – False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorized to administer an oath or affirmation
182 – False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person
183 – Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant
184 – Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant
185 – Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servan
186 – Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
187 – Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
188 – Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
189 – Threat of injury to public servant
190 – Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant
Chapter XI[edit]
False Evidence and Offences against Public Justice
191 – Giving false evidence
192 – Fabricating false evidence
193 – Punishment for false evidence
194 – Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
195 – Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment, 195A – Threatening any person to give false evidence
196 – Using evidence known to be false
197 – Issuing or signing false certificate
198 – Using as true a certificate known to be false
199 – False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
200 – Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
201 – Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender
202 – Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform
203 – Giving false information respecting an offence committed
204 – Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence
205 – False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
206 – Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
207 – Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
208 – Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
209 – Dishonestly making false claim in Court
210 – Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
211 – False charge of offence made with intent to injure
212 – Harbouring offender
213 – Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment
214 – Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
215 – Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc.
216 – Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered, 216A – Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits, 216B – Repealed
217 – Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
218 – Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
219 – Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law
220 – Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
221 – Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend
222 – Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
223 – Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant
224 – Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension
225 – Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person’ 225A – Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape on part of public servant in cases not otherwise, provided for, 225B – Resistant or obstruction to lawful apprehension, or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for
226 – Omitted
227 – Violation of condition of remission of punishment
228 – Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding, 228A – Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences etc.
229 – Personation of a juror or assessor, 229A – Failure by person released on bail or bond to appear in Court
Chapter XII
Offences relating to coin and Government Stamps
230 – Coin defined
231 – Counterfeiting notes
232 – Counterfeiting Indian coin
233 – Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin
234 – Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin
235 – Possession of instrument, or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin
236 – Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin
237 – Import or export of counterfeit coin
238 – Import or export of counterfeits of the India coin
239 – Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
240 – Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
241 – Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
242 – Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possess thereof
243 – Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
244 – Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
245 – Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
246 – Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin
247 – Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin
248 – Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
249 – Altering appearance of India coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
250 – Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
251 – Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
252 – Possession of coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
253 – Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
254 – Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possess, the deliverer did not know to be altered
255 – Counterfeiting Government stamp
256 – Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government stamp
257 – Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp
258 – Sale of counterfeit Government stamp
259 – Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp
260 – Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be a counterfeit
261 – Effacing, writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
262 – Using Government stamp known to have been before used
263 – Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used, 263A – Prohibition of fictitious stamps
Chapter XIII
Offences relating to Weight and Measures
264 – Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing
265 – Fraudulent use of false weight or measure
266 – Being in possession of false weight or measure
267 – Making or selling false weight or measure
Chapter XIV
Offences affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals.
268 – Public nuisance
269 – Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
270 – Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
271 – Disobedience to quarantine rule
272 – Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale
273 – Sale of noxious food or drink
274 – Adulteration of drugs
275 – Sale of adulterated drugs
276 – Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation
277 – Fouling water of public spring or reservoir
278 – Making atmosphere noxious to health
279 – Rash driving or riding on a public way
280 – Rash navigation of vessel
281 – Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy
282 – Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel
283 – Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation
284 – Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance
285 – Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter
286 – Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance
287 – Negligent conduct with respect to machinery
288 – Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings
289 – Negligent conduct with respect to animal
290 – Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for
291 – Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
292 – Sale, etc., or obscene books, etc.
293 – Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person
294 – Obscene acts and songs, 294A – Keeping lottery office
Chapter XV
Offences relating to Religion
295 – Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class, 295A – Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs
296 Disturbing religious assembly
297 – Trespassing on burial places, etc.
298 – Uttering, words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person
Chapter XVI
Offences affecting the Human Body
299 – Culpable homicide
300 – Murder
301 – Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended
302 – Punishment for murder
303 – Punishment for murder by life convict
304 – Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, 304A – Causing death by negligence, 304B – Dowery death
305 – Abetment of suicide of child or insane person
306 – Abetment of suicide
307 – Attempt to murder
308 – Attempt to commit culpable homicide
309 – Attempt to commit suicide
310 – Thug
311 – Punishment
312 – Causing miscarriage
313 – Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent
314 – Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
315 – Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth
316 – Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
317 – Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it
318 – Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
319 – Hurt
320 – Grievous hurt
321 – Voluntarily causing hurt
322 – Voluntarily causing grievous hurt
323 – Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt
324 – Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means
325 – Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt
326 – Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means 326A – Voluntarily causing hurt by use of acid,etc. 326B – Voluntarily throwing or attempting to throw acid
327 – Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
328 – Causing hurt by means of poison, etc. with intent to commit an offence
329 – Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
330 – Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
331 – Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
332 – Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty
333 – Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty
334 – Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation
335 – Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation
336 – Act endangering life or personal safety of others
337 – Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others
338 – Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others
339 – Wrongful restraint
340 – Wrongful confinement
341 – Punishment for wrongful restraint
342 – Punishment for wrongful confinement
343 – Wrongful confinement for three or more days
344 – Wrongful confinement for ten or more days
345 – Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued
346 – Wrongful confinement in secret
347 – Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act
348 – Wrongful confinement to extort confession, or compel restoration of property
349 – Force
350 – Criminal force
351 – Assault
352 – Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation
353 – Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty
354 – Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, 354A – Sexual Harassment and punishment for sexual harassment, 354B – Assault or use of Criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe, 354C – Voyeurism, 354D – Stalking
355 – Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation
356 – Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person
357 – Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person
358 – Assault or criminal force on grave provocation
359 – Kidnapping
360 – Kidnapping from India
361 – Kidnapping from lawful guardianship
362 – Abduction
363 – Punishment for kidnapping, 363A – Kidnapping or maiming a minor for purposes of begging
364 – Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder, 364A – Kidnapping for ransom, etc.
365 – Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person
366 – Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc., 366A – Procuration of minor girl, 366B – Importation of girl from foreign country
367 – Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc.
368 – Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
369 – Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person
370 – Buying or disposing of any person as slave, 370A – Exploitation of a trafficked person
371 – Habitual dealing in slave
372 – Selling minor for purposes of prostitution, etc.
373 – Buying minor for purposes of prostitution, etc.
374 – Unlawful compulsory labour
375 – Rape
376 – Punishment for rape, 376A – Punishmment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim, 376B – Sexual Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation, 376C – Sexual Intercourse by a person in authority, 376D – Gang Rape, Intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital, 376E – Punishment for repeat offenders
377 – Unnatural offences
Chapter XVII
Offences Against Property
378 – Theft
379 – Punishment for theft.– Whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
380 – Theft in dwelling house, etc.
381 – Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
382 – Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft
383 – Extortion
384 – Punishment for extortion
385 – Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion
386 – Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt
387 – Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion
388 – Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, etc.
389 – Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion
390 – Robbery
391 – Dacoity
392 – Punishment for robbery
393 – Attempt to commit robbery
394 – Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery
395 – Punishment for Dacoity
396 – Dacoity with murder
397 – Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
398 – Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon
399 – Making preparation to commit dacoity
400 – Punishment for belonging to gang of dacoits
401 – Punishment for belonging to gang of thieves
402 – Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity
403 – Dishonest misappropriation of property
404 – Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death
405 – Criminal breach of trust
406 – Punishment for criminal breach of trust
407 – Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc.
408 – Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
409 – Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent
410 – Stolen Property
411 – Dishonestly receiving stolen property
412 – Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity
413 – Habitually dealing in stolen property
414 – Assisting in concealment of stolen property
415 – Cheating
416 – Cheating by personation
417 – Punishment for cheating
418 – Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect
419 – Punishment for cheating by personation
420 – Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property
421 – Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
422 – Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors
423 – Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration
424 – Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property
425 – Mischief
426 – Punished for mischief
427 – Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
428 – Mischief by killing or maiming animal of the value of ten rupees
429 – Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees
430 – Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water
431 – Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel
432 – Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with damage
433 – Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark
434 – Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land- mark fixed by public authority
435 – Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land- mark fixed by public authority Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of one hundred or (in case of agricultural produce) ten rupees
436 – Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc.
437 – Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden
438 – Punishment for the mischief described in section 437 committed by fire or explosive substance
439 – Punishment for intentionally running vessel agground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc.
440 – Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt
441 – Criminal trespass
442 – House trespass
443 – Lurking house-trespass
444 – Lurking house-trespass by night
445 – Housing breaking
446 – House-breaking by night
447 – Punishment for criminal trespass
448 – Punishment for house-trespass
449 – House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death
450 – House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life
451 – House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
452 – House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
453 – Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking
454 – Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
455 – Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
456 – Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night
457 – Lurking house trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
458 – Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint
459 – Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house trespass or house-breaking
460 – All persons jointly concerned in lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night punishable where death or grievous hurt caused by one of them
461 – Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
462 – Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody
Chapter XVIII
Offences relating to Documents and Property Marks
463 – Forgery
464 – Making a false document
465 – Punishment for forgery
466 – Forgery of record of court or of public register, etc.
467 – Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.
468 – Forgery for purpose of cheating
469 – Forgery for purpose of harming reputation
470 – Forged document or electronic record
471 – Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record
472 – Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 467
473 – Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise
474 – Having possession of document described in Section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
475 – Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
476 – Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents or electronic record other than those described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
477 – Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security, 477A – Falsification of accounts
478 – Omitted
479 – Property mark
480 – Omitted
481 – Using a false property mark
482 – Punishment for using a false property mark
483 – Counterfeiting a property mark used by another
484 – Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
485 – Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
486 – Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
487 – Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
488 – Punishment for making use of any such false mark
489 – Tempering with property mark with intent to cause injury, 489A – Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes, 489B – Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes, 489C – Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes, 489D – Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes, 489E – Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
Chapter XIX
the Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service
490 – Repealed
491 – Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person
492 – Repealed
Chapter XX
Offences Relating to Marriage
493 – Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
494 – Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
495 – Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted
496 – Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
497 – Adultery
498 – Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
Chapter XX-A
Cruelty by Husband or relatives of Husband
498A – Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
Chapter XXI
Defamation
499 – Defamation
500 – Punishment for defamation
501 – Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory
502 – Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter
Chapter XXII
Criminal intimidation, Insult and Annoyance
503 – Criminal intimidation
504 – Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace
505 – Statements conducing to public mischief
506 – Punishment for criminal intimidation
507 – Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication
508 – Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure
509 – Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman
510 – Misconduct in public by a drunken person
Chapter XXIII
Attempts to Commit Offences
511 – Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment.